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KORSAT-1
South Korean Technology Demonstrator · South Korean Commercial Operator
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KorSat-1, a South Korean commercial technology demonstration satellite testing compact imaging or communications hardware for future national small-satellite missions, part of South Korea's rapid emergence over the past decade as a genuine independent small-satellite manufacturing power. South Korea's growing small-satellite manufacturing base has made missions like this increasingly routine, part of the country's broader ambition to compete internationally in the commercial space sector.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 357–363 mi (575–584 km)
- Inclination
- 45.4°
- One orbit
- 96.1 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 59452
- Int’l designator
- 2024-066L
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.